Dirk Nowitzki explains his two falls against San Antonio Spurs

On Opening night, the Dallas Mavericks lost a close one against the San Antonio Spurs, 101-100. But some noteworthy moments happened in the first half when Dirk Nowitzki slipped twice trying to guard Boris Diaw.

A lot of people called it anklebreakers but, really, Dirk just fell. It’s not like Boris Diaw did some quick Allen Iverson-like crossover that would knock people off the floor. It really seemed like Nowitzki slipped on wet spots because he practically slipped on the same area.

Twitter tried to take it to Dirk and the German explained it best like only he could:

I’m still cracking up on the first one because Diaw didn’t even get in contact with Dirk. But I love that Dirk just takes it in stride. He knows what he can do on the basketball court and he’s done a lot more awesome things in the NBA than embarrassing moments.

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